Nursing at University of North Alabama

If you plan to study nursing, take a look at what University of North Alabama has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UNA is located in Florence, Alabama and has a total student population of 8,086. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 150 students received a bachelor's degree in nursing from UNA.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

UNA Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

Online Classes Are Available at UNA

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UNA does offer online courses in nursing for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UNA Nursing Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the nursing progam at UNA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The nursing major at UNA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Nursing. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	80
Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	94
Most Popular Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	131
Most Focused Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	173
Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	218
Most Popular Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	238
Most Focused Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools	246
	270
Best Value Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	292
Most Popular Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	311
Most Popular Nursing Schools	332
Most Popular Online Nursing Schools	344
Most Focused Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	480
Best Nursing Master’s Degree Schools	493
Best Value Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	546
	568
Most Focused Nursing Schools	746
Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	828
	983
Best Value Nursing Schools	1,267
Best Nursing Schools	1,383
	1,798

In 2021, 74 students received their master’s degree in nursing from UNA. This makes it the #131 most popular school for nursing master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Nursing Graduates from UNA Make?

The median salary of nursing students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNA is $51,845. This is less than $62,880, which is the national average of all nursing majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Nursing Student Demographics at UNA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the nursing majors at University of North Alabama.

UNA Nursing Bachelor’s Program

Of the 150 nursing students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UNA, about 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical nursing bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UNA since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nursing at UNA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Alabama with a bachelor's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	126
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNA Nursing Master’s Program

Of the 74 nursing students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNA, about 4% were men and 96% were women.

Of the students who received a nursing master's degree from UNA, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of North Alabama with a master's in nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	57
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UNA also has a doctoral program available in nursing. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Nursing

Nursing majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Alabama. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Registered Nursing	225

Related Majors

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AL, the home state for University of North Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Registered Nurses	49,490	$59,470
Nurse Practitioners	3,680	$95,970
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,240	$101,560
Nursing Instructors and Professors	1,330	$66,670
Nurse Anesthetists	1,240	$161,780

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By User:Altairisfar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.